The impact of oil palm on rural livelihoods and tropical forest landscapes in Latin America

Castellanos-Navarrete, A.; Castro, Fábio de; Pacheco, Pablo

doi:10.1016/j.jrurstud.2020.10.047

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“…In fact, due to its great biodiversity, a significant number of Natural Protected Areas (NPAs) are present in the region. Despite this, northern Guatemala is a vast frontier that has undergone considerable oil palm expansion in the last decade, where three companies control 41% of the total area under oil palm and smallholders play a lesser role [ 96 ]. This expansion has been associated with environmental degradation, where large portions of old-growth forests were replaced by oil palm plantations [ 97 ].…”

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Tropical wetlands and land use changes: The case of oil palm in neotropical riverine floodplains

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Oil palm plantations are expanding in Latin America due to the global demand for food and biofuels, and much of this expansion has occurred at expense of important tropical ecosystems. Nevertheless, there is limited knowledge about effects on aquatic ecosystems near to oil palm-dominated landscapes. In this study, we used Landsat 7 ETM+, Landsat 8 OLI imagery and high-resolution images in Google Earth to map the current extent of oil palm plantations and determined prior land use land cover (LULC) in the Usumacinta River Basin as a case-study site. In addition, we assess the proximity of the crop with aquatic ecosystems distributed in the Usumacinta floodplains and their potential effects. Based on our findings, the most significant change was characterized by the expansion of oil palm crop areas mainly at expenses of regional rainforest and previously intervened lands (e.g. secondary vegetation and agriculture). Although aquatic ecosystem class (e.g. rivers, lagoons and channels) decreased in surface around 3% during the study period (2001–2017), the change was not due to the expansion of oil palm lands. However, we find that more than 50% of oil palm cultivations are near (between 500 and 3000 m) to aquatic ecosystems and this could have significant environmental impacts on sediment and water quality. Oil palm crops tend to spatially concentrate in the Upper Usumacinta ecoregion (Guatemala), which is recognized as an area of important fish endemism. We argue that the basic information generated in this study is essential to have better land use decision-making in a region that is relative newcomer to oil palm boom.

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Tropical wetlands and land use changes: The case of oil palm in neotropical riverine floodplains

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“…However, in recent times Malaysia has promoted landscape which heterogeneity to enhance the biodiversity benefits of certified palm oil production [18]. Because the benefits of oil palm are not evenly distributed across rural populations [19]. Likewise, the global palm oil sector must change to save biodiversity and also can increase food security, especially in the tropics area [20].…”

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Utilization and benefits of palm oil in fisheries

Samsi¹,

Asthutiirundu

2022

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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Utilization of crude palm oil as a fish feed ingredient has been carried out in recent years. Crude palm oil can replace fish oil on dietary fish. The use of CPO has been applied to barramundi (Lates calcarifer), Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), Japanese sea bass (Lateolabrax japonicas), salmonid species, and Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) diets. palm oil appears to boost protein efficiency when being added to oxidized fish feed. The various advantages of palm oil include superior energy sources (saturated and monounsaturated fatty acids), high content of natural antioxidants (carotenes and E vitamin), lessening fatty acid deposition, and low cost and producing high oil yield. Moreover, palm oil-based diets for fish indicated no effect on the fillets either in their texture or color Fish growth is not disturbed if you change fish oil to crude palm oil in fish feed. The level of use of palm oil is different for each fish species.

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“…Apparently, having large farms has enabled these smallholders to experiment and diversify their landuses portfolios without having to choose one use over the other. Castellanos-Navarrete et al [70] show evidence that oil palm supports rural livelihoods in Latin America, including Mexico (Chiapas) when land access and smallholders are supported by policies as is the case in MdC. Nevertheless, smallholder profits are highly contingent on palm oil fluctuating prices, which threatens the livelihoods of oil palm farmers [70].…”

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“…Castellanos-Navarrete et al [70] show evidence that oil palm supports rural livelihoods in Latin America, including Mexico (Chiapas) when land access and smallholders are supported by policies as is the case in MdC. Nevertheless, smallholder profits are highly contingent on palm oil fluctuating prices, which threatens the livelihoods of oil palm farmers [70]. Lastly, a few Chajul pioneer smallholders have recently engaged in rubber production.…”

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Landscapes on the Move: Land-Use Change History in a Mexican Agroforest Frontier

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Garcı́a-Frapolli

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An unprecedented magnitude of land-use/land-cover changes have led to a rapid conversion of tropical forested landscapes to different land-uses. This comparative study evaluates and reconstructs the recent history (1976–2019) of land-use change and the associated land-use types that have emerged over time in two neighboring rural villages in Southern Mexico. Qualitative ethnographic and oral histories research and quantitative land-use change analysis using remote sensing were used. Findings indicate that several interacting historical social-ecological drivers (e.g., colonization program, soil quality, land conflicts with indigenous people, land-tenure, availability of surrounding land where to expand, Guatemala’s civil war, several agricultural development and conservation programs, regional wildfire, Zapatista uprising, and highway construction) have influenced each village’s own unique land-use change history and landscape composition: the smaller village is characterized by a dominating pasture landscape with some scattered agricultural and forest areas, while the larger village has large conserved forest areas intermixed with pastures, agriculture, oil palm and rubber plantations. The differential histories of each village have also had livelihood diversification implications. It is suggested that landscape history research in tropical agroforest frontiers is necessary because it can inform land-use policies and forest conservation strategies that are compatible with local livelihoods and conservation goals.

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The impact of oil palm on rural livelihoods and tropical forest landscapes in Latin America

Cited by 52 publications

References 75 publications

Tropical wetlands and land use changes: The case of oil palm in neotropical riverine floodplains

Tropical wetlands and land use changes: The case of oil palm in neotropical riverine floodplains

Utilization and benefits of palm oil in fisheries

Landscapes on the Move: Land-Use Change History in a Mexican Agroforest Frontier

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